Garment retainer



Nov. 2 ,1926. 1,605,763

H. PAINTER GARMENT RETAINER F'il8d NOV. 9. 1925 WITNESS: ATroFzNEYINVENTOR Patented Nov. 2, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT PAINTER, O15 TUCSON, ARIZONA.

GARMENT RETAINER.

Application filed November 9, 1925.

My present invention has reference to a simple, cheaply constructed andeasily at tached means for preventing the skirt portion of a garment,such as a shirt or shirtwaist from creeping over the top or belt line ofmen or womens garments.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device for thispurpose constructed of soft yieldable and preferably elastic material toinclude a body portion having means on the head thereof to receive abutton therein and which body is formed on its outer face with a nipplethat will con tact with the skirt of the inner garment and partly sinkinto the fleshy part of the body without injury or discomfort to thewearer of the garments.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other objects which will presentthemselves as the nature of the invention is better understood,reference is to be hand to the drawings which accompany and form part ofthis application.

In the drawings 1--v Figure 1 is a sectional view showing theimprovement applied to the waist band of a garment.

Figure 2 is a sectional view through the invention per se.

Figure 3 is an outer plan view thereof.

In the drawings, I have illustrated my improvement connected directly tothe waist band of a garment, but it is of course to be understood thatit may be attached to 35 the inner face of a belt.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the waist band of a garment.Stitched to this waist band there are button members 2, only one beingshown by the drawings.

Serial No. 67,958.

The improvement comprises a soft yieldable elastic member preferably ofrubber or the like and which includes a hollow body portion 3, formed atits mouth with an overlying flange 4: to grip the inner face of thebutton member 2, when the latter is received in the hollow body. Thebody, on its outer face, is formed with a neck extension which mergesinto a cup-shaped head 5, and this head is designed to exert a pressureagainst the waist of a person when the device is arranged thereon. Whenthe-waist band is engaged by a belt or' otherwise tightly secured aroundthe waist of the wearer the cup-shaped head 5 will contact with theskirt portion of the upper garment and exert a pressure thereagainstsuflicient to force the said skirt into contact with the waist of thewearer. This contact is not sufficient to inflict injury'to the wearereven though the head 5 partly embeds itself in the flesh of the wearer.

Having described claim The combination with the waist-band of a garmenthaving buttons sewed on the inner face thereof, of a soft yieldableelastic member including a hollow body portion formed at its mouth withan overlying flange to grip with the inner face of a butthe invention,41

ton, when the latter is received inthe hollow body, said body having aneck extension on its outer face which merges into a cupshaped head thatis designed to exert a pressure against the waist of a person upon whomthe device is arranged.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HERBERT PAINTER.

